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>In the subway, reading the epic of Gilgamesh
>a little girl, around nine years old is trying to look at the cover
>I lift my book, smile at her
>she naturally engages the discussion, "It seems interesting"
>I start telling her about the plot, Gilgamesh being the strongest motherfucker round, mad about his own mortality
>"I'll ask for it this Christmas"

Fuck, this was cute. And at the same time, the Paris shooting was starting, 2 kms away.

This is not a work of fiction.

>> No.7356711

>>7356707
Sounds like a this could be a story anon.

>> No.7356730

>>7356711
Yep, romancing it a bit.

I only learnt about the event after exiting the train.

Anyway, a young girl is now going to ask her parents a pagan story full of sex and violence, if she can recall the name correctly

>> No.7356754

>>7356730
She probably forgot it and now subconsciously links the book and you to the act of terrorism that killed her parents.

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7356761

>>7356754


>>7356707
Good on you, OP. What you did was important.